Colombia vs Pakistan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 22 million TIV in Colombia and 706 million TIV in Pakistan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 684 million TIV, or 32 times that in Colombia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Pakistan has been higher since 1976, when it overtook Colombia.
In 2025, Colombia ranked 71 and Pakistan ranked 14 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Colombia	Pakistan	World
2025	22 million	706 million	33.3 billion
2024	12 million	1.07 billion	30.6 billion
2023	3 million	2.2 billion	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	1.53 billion	33 billion
2021	45 million	984 million	26.8 billion
2020	80 million	624 million	23.4 billion
2019	22 million	654 million	26.9 billion
2018	16 million	893 million	27.3 billion
2017	91 million	870 million	31.2 billion
2016	18 million	872 million	31.4 billion
2015	193 million	771 million	28.7 billion
2014	170 million	877 million	27 billion
2013	173 million	1.11 billion	27.4 billion
2012	200 million	1.02 billion	27.9 billion
2011	145 million	1.18 billion	29.9 billion
2010	259 million	2.23 billion	25.8 billion
2009	263 million	1.2 billion	24 billion
2008	110 million	1.07 billion	24.1 billion
2007	237 million	693 million	26.5 billion
2006	54 million	324 million	24.4 billion
2005	18 million	427 million	21.3 billion
2004	18 million	471 million	21.3 billion
2003	145 million	645 million	19.2 billion
2002	173 million	566 million	17.7 billion
2001	268 million	412 million	18.3 billion
2000	68 million	175 million	20.5 billion
1999	44 million	867 million	25.3 billion
1998	160 million	699 million	27.9 billion
1997	193 million	691 million	28.9 billion
1996	49 million	506 million	23.7 billion
1995	35 million	368 million	22.9 billion
1994	42 million	862 million	22.8 billion
1993	68 million	992 million	25.8 billion
1992	36 million	352 million	24.3 billion
1991	72 million	511 million	27.8 billion
1990	13 million	635 million	28.6 billion
1989	218 million	974 million	31.7 billion
1988	37 million	412 million	32.9 billion
1987	4 million	617 million	36.2 billion
1986	6 million	280 million	35.5 billion
1985	7 million	751 million	33.2 billion
1984	660 million	863 million	36.8 billion
1983	300 million	784 million	39.1 billion
1982	18 million	544 million	41.4 billion
1981	28 million	491 million	42 billion
1980	12 million	900 million	37.4 billion
1979	36 million	697 million	33.3 billion
1978	12 million	655 million	39.2 billion
1977	8 million	271 million	37 billion
1976	10 million	276 million	33 billion
1975	291 million	223 million	34.2 billion
1974	5 million	225 million	32.9 billion
1973	163 million	177 million	32.6 billion
1972	171 million	664 million	28.7 billion
1971	40 million	553 million	29.3 billion
1970	8 million	422 million	22.1 billion
1969	121 million	542 million	24.7 billion
1968	32 million	415 million	22.4 billion
1967	15 million	151 million	22.1 billion
1966	32 million	592 million	22.4 billion
1965	18 million	222 million	23.1 billion
1964	9 million	96 million	24.2 billion
1963	32 million	225 million	18.1 billion
1962	6 million	84 million	15.5 billion
1961	66 million	41 million	15 billion
1960	5 million	46 million	15.7 billion

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Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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